JASPER, Ind. — The Jasper Group is celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2026, marking a century and a half of furniture manufacturing in Jasper. The Jasper Group is an Indiana-based furniture manufacturer and the parent company of JSI and Klem. It traces its roots back to 1876, it employs roughly 1,000 workers across 2.3 million square feet of manufacturing facilities in Dubois and Orange counties, supplying high-quality wood furniture for corporate, public, and hospitality spaces. 

HANOVER, Ontario — “AI, Cybersecurity & Economic Trends Shaping Wood Manufacturing in 2026,” is the title of the Wood Manufacturing Cluster of Ontario’s information-packed quarterly networking event slated for Wednesday, June 17 at Taurus Craco Machinery.The afternoon event will focus on the technologies, economic shifts, and operational strategies beginning to have an increasingly bigger impact on Canadian wood product manufacturers.

Mantra Inspired Furniture, a design-forward manufacturer of thoughtfully crafted commercial furniture, has acquired Created Hardwood, an Ohio-based manufacturer specializing in custom solid American hardwood furniture.

The Canadian Woodworking Machinery Distributors Association has opened registration for the seventh edition of edition of Woodworking Technology Days, the only industrial machinery event in Canada this year.

WoodTech Connect 2026 brought WCMA members together in Green Bay, Wisconsin, for three days of plant tours, industry insights, and meaningful conversations.

Woodgrain Inc. has installed a new Cefla prefinish line at its distribution facility in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.

Across the US, persistent affordability challenges and rising economic uncertainty are hurting housing conditions, with weakening labor markets and plummeting immigration dampening household growth and mobility.

BIELEFELD, Germany — At this year’s Surface in Motion (SIM) in Bergamo, Italy, Dr. René Pankoke, Managing Partner of Hymmen, will present on June 4, 2026, the production technologies his company develops for the furniture industry.

Joe C. Bergamo and Vin Bergamo of ClosetPro will host a fast-paced, beginner-friendly session showing designers how to accelerate closing rates and eliminate manufacturing errors through digital 3D workflows.

Kassandra Avila, a student at Cégep de Trois-Rivières in Quebec, took home the grand prize in Formica’s FORM Student Innovation Competition.